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Published on: September 12, 2026
An ideal gas goes from state
to state
via three different processes as indicated in the
diagram.

If
and
indicate the heat absorbed by the three processes and
, and
indicate the change in internal energy along the three processes respectively, then
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A
For all process 1,2 and 3
Change in internal energy,
i.e., 
… (i)
Now,
… (ii)
work done by the gas
area under
curve,
From equation (ii)
we have

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